oldmac,
Thanks for the reply! Coincidence for sure, especially since yours was the original post I had seen.

Your post answers quite a few of my questions. I have had plants as short as 3 feet and as tall as 8 so far, and surprisingly there has been not a lot of variance in harvest. Of course when I first started I had help setting up my room, and because of the problems it had and my lack of knowledge my first year was rough, but that is to be expected. In my preference if I could get 4-5 foot plants that yielded the same amount as an 8 footer and were easier to trim, that would be ideal

I am growing my Veg room under multiple T5 lights. My flower currently only has 6 1000 watt Raptor fixtures on digital ballasts. I am curious what supplemental lighting you were speaking of? When I re-do my room I plan on switching to the Gavita setup. After some research these have really caught my attention. Currently I am under my ideal lightning amount, but somehow pulling in pretty good amounts.

I have seen pictures of the Critical Mass that I am starting to grow and I see what looks to be untopped plants that have basically the entire stalk a bud, and about 4-6 branches that are all the same. Relatively NO small stuff. This was very exciting to me. For one, I've never done much un-topped, but I plan to experiment with these strains and see how they react. Initially though what I attributed to that one massive bud was short internode spacing. This could be wrong, but if you have any insight on that - it would be appreciated.

I'm generally going for the most weight. I have found that given that my conditions now are almost near perfect, the quality comes rather easily. Of course some strains and some variations will be better, but by a significant amount I am not sure.

If you have any experience with experimental topping, ie - not topping one, topping another, double topping a third, etc - and seeing how yield compares I would be greatly interested in that. I have not found anything in regard to this. When I do my own experiment I will probably post it, as when growing the same strain this info seems invaluable. I also am unsure to believe that some plants topped will produce more while another strain untopped will be better. Sure, strains are different - but this seems like a fundamental change that I'm not quite sure about.

Thanks! Look forward to conversing. If you have any grow journals on this or other forums, please send a link.


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